Carbonara

This is a real Italian spaghetti carbonara recipe, in all its creamy glory but made the traditional way with no cream!

The Perfect Spaghetti Carbonara

Spaghetti carbonara is made with bacon (you can use pancetta, guanciale, or even regular breakfast bacon), cheese, and eggs. The eggs create a silky smooth sauce, and the cheese and crisp bacon both add the perfect salty notes to this spaghetti carbonara dish.

Smoky Spaghetti Carbonara

Spaghetti Carbonara is named for the coal miner. And yet, there is nothing smoky about the original version—guanciale and pancetta are both unsmoked cuts of pork. So, I used smoked salt and smoked bacon to reinforce the classic pasta’s namesake....

how to make AUTHENTIC CARBONARA sauce

There is a chef in Rome who developed a brilliant technique for cooking Spaghetti alla Carbonara. His name is Luciano Monosilio and he is known as, “The King of Carbonara”. I studied his technique, translated and adapted his recipe so that we can enjoy perfect carbonara without any hassle. This is one of my new favorite cooking techniques for pasta, I believe it’s as close to fool-proof as a traditional Italian pasta can be. Here’s how to make it. #spaghetticarbonara

Spaghetti alla Carbonara (Coal Miner's Spaghetti)

Spaghetti alla Carbonara is a classic Roman pasta dish requiring only 5 ingredients, and taking less than 30 minutes to make from start to finish.

Skillet Spaghetti alla Carbonara with Kale

We cook our pasta directly in the skillet (no big pot required!) and flavor it with bacon, black pepper, parmesan cheese, and kale, all in a creamy, egg-based sauce.

Pasta alla Gricia

Guanciale, black pepper, Pecorino Romano, and pasta come together in a study of delicious minimalism.

Pasta Alla Zozzona (Rigatoni With Sausage, Guanciale, and Egg Yolks)

Rigatoni alla zozzona is the decadent pasta mash-up of Roman amatriciana and carbonara, with a sausage twist.

Orzo Carbonara-Style

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Roasted Squash "Carbonara"

This sweet roasted squash side dish is topped with all the components of a classic carbonara—egg, crispy pork, grated cheeses, and black pepper—but presented very differently from the famed Roman sauce.